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The Scout Report reviewed the following resource in this week's issue:

The Library of Congress: Military Legal Resources [pdf]
http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/military-legal-resources-home.html

The Library of Congress has developed a number of specialized digital collection designed to be of special use to researchers, and this very thorough collection of materials follows in that most welcome tradition. The site contains digitized legal documents and related ephemera such as the Military Law Review, various U.S. Army Field Manuals, and transcripts of the Nuremberg Trials. One important recent addition to these materials is a full set of the Commentaries on the 1949 Geneva Conventions, which were originally published between 1952 and 1959.

Additionally, the site also contains legislative histories of such important acts as the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts of 1974. Finally, the site is rounded out by a section that provides direct links to the official investigations of the My Lai Incidents during the Vietnam War.

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On this day, June 28, 2000, six-year old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez is returned to his father in Cuba after his Florida relatives lose a 7-month legal battle to keep him in the U.S.

Selected Resources on the Elian Gonzalez Case:
PBS NewsHour links to news documents: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/elian/

NYTimes coverage of the case: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/elian_gonzalez/index.html

Time Magazine Photo Essay: http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/photo/elian/

Documents from the case (via CNN): http://archives.cnn.com/2000/LAW/06/28/elian.documents/

Selected Resources on Immigration Law:
U of MN Law Library Pathfinder: http://www.law.umn.edu/library/tools/pathfinders/immigration.html

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/

Cornell’s Legal Information Institute’s immigration law: an overview http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/immigration.html

National Immigration Law Center http://www.nilc.org. A national support center whose mission is to protect and promote the rights and opportunities of low income immigrants and their family members. NILC staff specialize in immigration law, and the employment and public benefits rights of immigrants.

E.B. Williams Library Research Guide on Immigration Law http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/lib/guides/immigration.html

University at Buffalo Law Library Immigration Law Bibliography http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/law/guides_handouts/Immigration.pdf

Washington University School of Law Library’s Research Guide to Aliens and the Law http://law.wustl.edu/Infores/Library/Guides/alien-guide.html

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 08:40 AM | Permalink

From the U of MN Parking and Transportation Services:

4th Street South Reconstruction
4th Street South on West Bank, from 21st Avenue S to West River Road, will close to vehicular traffic on Tuesday, June 26 for resurfacing. The project is scheduled to last approximately two weeks. Sidewalks will remain open to pedestrians and bikers who walk their bikes.

During the project, West River Road can be accessed from the north side of West Bank on 1st and 2nd Streets South.

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From the Out of the Jungle blog comes news of an important study that will be of interest to readers who are educators and researchers:

Today's edition of Inside Higher Ed features an article entitled "If You Teach Them, They Will Be Happy" that discusses a study, written by Kennon M. Sheldon, professor of psychology at the University of Missouri at Columbia and Lawrence S. Krieger, professor of law at Florida State University, published in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

The study compares recent classes at two law schools, one in the second tier and one in the fourth tier. At the first law school, faculty scholarship was emphasized, which was why the school ranked in the second tier. At the second school, good teaching was emphasized. The students at both schools had similar undergraduate GPAs and LSAT scores. What is interesting, however, is that students at the second school performed significantly better on the bar exam than did students at the first school. Professor Krieger, one of the co-authors, stated "that it was 'almost shocking' to see 'how significantly the fourth tier students outperformed the second tier law students on the bar.'" He went on to state that "'it makes sense psychologically--the students at the fourth tier school were happier--and it makes sense that they would have learned more from better teachers.'"

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Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 01:27 PM | Permalink

Jackee Heslop started her term as Step-Up Student Intern at the Law School. Jackee will be a senior at South High this fall and is interested in learning more about careers in the law, especially working with children.

She will be working here 20 hours a week for six weeks, splitting her time between the Clinics office and the Law Library. Step-Up is a city initiative aimed at reducing economic disparities in the community. Each summer, several hundred high-achieving students are placed in “internships� throughout the city. This year, the U has the largest number of interns of any employer.

If you see Jackee around the building, make sure to say hello.

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From the Stark County Law Library Blog comes this notice:

In the news: “Attorney Robert Ambrogi rounds up a selection of new resources on law-related Web sites that include Law.com's Quest search tool and an online marketplace for buying, selling and licensing patents. Also in the mix: a legal articles library and such academic resources as Tarlton Law Library's wrongful conviction tracker and the University of Richmond's School of Law's database of worldwide constitutions, charters, amendments and related documents.�
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The Law Library's own Reference Librarian Vic Garces (who is also co-author) and Director Joan Howland are profiled in the new book Celebrating Diversity: A Legacy of Minority Leadership in AALL

From the release:
Celebrating Diversity: A Legacy of Minority Leadership in AALL

Profiles of 32 past and present minority law librarian leaders are featured in this informative book. Also included are a historical overview of AALL’s diversity efforts and the results of a survey of nearly 200 minority law librarians.

"This book is itself reason to celebrate. It chronicles the increasing richness and ethnic diversity in our profession; it recognizes the significant contributions made by these members; and it celebrates the leadership of many pioneers within the Association. This book is a look back at where we have come from and a look forward at some of our younger leaders who will define the future of the profession.� - Past President, Robert L. Oakley (2001-02), Foreword

Celebrating Diversity: A Legacy of Minority Leadership in AALL is no. 71 in the AALL Publication Series, published by Hein. All royalties for this publication will be contributed to the AALL & Thomson West George A. Strait Minority Scholarship Endowment Fund.

Read more, including a 16-page sample from the book at http://www.wshein.com/Catalog/Product.aspx?sku=730

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 08:13 AM | Permalink

Here is the list of new titles the law library acquired in May 2007. The list is also on the library's home page.

May Acquisitions

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 03:53 PM | Permalink

New Exhibit Opening Today -
Victorian Secrets and Edwardian Enigmas: The Riddles of the Rooms of 221B Baker Street
Opening Monday, June 11 through Monday, August 20 Elmer L. Andersen Library Gallery

Collections of the University of Minnesota Libraries hold two versions of Sherlock Holmes' famous sitting room at 221B Baker Street, London: a full-size reproduction and a miniature rendering. The miniature came to the Holmes Collections in 1993. It was the creation of the late Dorothy Rowe Shaw, wife of the collector John Bennett Shaw, and has been a source of amazement and joy to many visitors of the Holmes Collections over the years. The second, a full-scale rendition, was acquired within the last year. It was a gift to the Collections from the estate of the late Allen Mackler.

This special exhibit features these and other materials from the Sherlock Holmes Collections, including recently-acquired letters written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, toys, games, and puzzles from the John Bennett Shaw Collection, and original artwork. Free and open to the public.

Posted by University of Minnesota Law Library at 10:13 AM | Permalink

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (6/6/2007) -- The University of Minnesota, along with the 11 other leading Midwest universities in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), have entered into a ground-breaking collective agreement with Google to digitize up to 10 million bound volumes, nearly doubling the number of universities participating in the Google Books Library Project.

The U of M and the CIC announced the agreement today, June 6. The agreement allows Google to digitize significant portions from CIC library general collections. In addition, collection areas of particular strength and distinction will be contributed from each university. The distinctive collections the U of M will have digitized could include, for example, Scandinavian history, literature and culture; forestry; bee-keeping; medicine, including oncology, radiology and pediatrics.

Read more from today's press release.

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